The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.

A new comprehensive map reveals the true scale of the ancient Roman road network – but it is still incomplete.

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great ...

“These Roman roads—both paved and unpaved—gave structure to massive cultural shifts that affected Western history for the ...

The revelation centers on a text called a "maqāma" - an Arabic literary genre featuring traveling tricksters - written by the poet and historian Ibn al-Wardi in 1348-49 in Aleppo, according to the new ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously ...

A new map of the empire's ancient land routes has nearly doubled the length of the confirmed ancient Roman road network, from ...

What makes the Museum of Automobiles particularly appealing as a destination is its location within Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas’s first state park. After immersing yourself in automotive history, ...

Take a walk through Rome’s breathtaking Piazza Navona, one of the city’s most iconic Baroque squares filled with fountains, street artists, and history. This walking tour continues all the way to the ...

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He died nearly 2,000 years ago in what is now Italy. He was a sailor in the Roman navy, serving on an oar-powered warship called a trireme. He didn't lead a legion, seize a throne or start a new ...